In-House Cash

mySAP ERP 2005

Application Solution Management

mySAP ERP Financials
 ESA for SAP In-House Cash: Overview

z IHC provides payment related services for a group of affiliated

companies:
„ central dispatching, routing and processing of payments (intra-group
payments / external payments / incoming payments)
„ the In-House Cash Centers provides account statements to account holders
„ the In-House Cash Center provides financial status to cash management
„ IHC provides tracking of payment status (e.g. to support secure reversal of
payments)

z Scenario characterized by
„ multi-system / heterogeneous system landscape
„ huge number of connected subsidiaries possible (Postbank: 600)
„ high volume information exchange / networking between the systems

z Currently used interfaces based on

„ IDoc
„ RFC

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 XI Interfaces For SAP In-House Cash

Subsidiaries

Exchange Infrastructure
In-House Cash
Center
Connector

Subsidiaries
(non-SAP)

Dispatch Payments (Credit / Debit)

Provide Account Statements
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 SAP IHC - Shared Service Center For Payments

ERP
ERP
mySAP
2005:
2005:
Implement
ERP
Implement
2005:A2A
Services
services
interfaces
between
between
between
subsidiary and Payment Service Center
AP/AR Accountant
e.g. mySAP e.g. mySAP e.g. mySAP e.g. mySAP
Create Clear Process Clear
Purchase Purchase … Payment … Bank Payment
Open Item
-to-Pay Order Statement Item
(decentralized)
Create Send bank
Payment A2A A2A
statements
Order

Payment Process Post

Dispatch Create Bank Create Financial
Services / Payment Current
Payments Statements Status
Order Accounts
In-House
Cash IHC Supervisor
Send Send
(centralized) Financial
A2A
bank B2B
state- Status
ments
Cash Cash Payment Liquidity
… Netting Forecast and ..
Management Send external
B2B
Concen-
Payment Order tration Pooling Planning

Cash Manager
External Process External Create Bank
Bank House Bank Payment Order Statements

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 Advantages Of ESA-enhanced Architecture

z Significant TCO reduction for heterogeneous system landscapes:

„ Fast and easy integration of non-SAP systems.
„ Easy conversion of other payment formats.
„ Business Connector no longer supported in the future.

z Alignment with future developments within Business Process Platform

z Potential to overcome some limitations of current IDoc-messages

„ Limited capacity of account statement FINSTA
„ No multiple payments (e.g. HR-payments) possible with current PAYEXT-
IDoc

z XI offers encryption and digital signatures

z Potential to improve performance and throughput

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